Kommunalka Living in St. Petersburg, Russia – Throwback to an Earlier Era

Each resident has their own food preparation area in the communal kitchen

On any other day, I would have passed by the spartan, crumbling building without a glance. On this day, however, Viking River Cruises had invited me to visit a Kommunalka, a communal living arrangement that is still practiced by a large percentage of residents in St. Petersburg, Russia. Across the interior courtyard, a heavy metal … Read more